A day out in the woods after a very damp couple of days means foraging for edible fungi if conditions are good you are sure to find some fungi.
Before I start this isn’t a post to help you identify fungi, I know what I know and I keep to that. If you are not sure then leave them in place.
If you want to learn about edible fungi then get on a foraging course, buy a book and ask for assistance on some of the Facebook groups or online forums.
I stick to what I know and keep to that.
A day off means walking the Dog and doing some king of micro adventure, today was foraging and a great day it was.
Perfect conditions, rain recently, damp and warm over night meant there was fungi everywhere.
I started off in an area I have been foraging for fungi previously and I had seen fungi there a couple of days previously.
Straight away I was onto Slippery Jacks. Its really frustrating when you find a perfect looking fungi only to cut it and find it maggot riddled.
So the trick with fungi is to harvest them as early in the day as you can.
Walking deeper into the Birch forest I started to see hundreds so started to carefully select the best.
There was also some Penny Buns around, I love the smell of these and they can grow quite big. So after filling the cloth bag full I decided to harvest some fatwood from a stump and get a brew on the go before heading off back home for the daily chores.
Searching for edible fungi
If you are interested in foraging for edible fungi there are plenty of videos on Youtube but I cannot stress enough the need to be 100% sure what you are picking.
Please have a look at some fungi identification books.
